Donna May Best1,2

F, #2978, b. 19 December 1945, d. 22 March 1946
Pedigree
Father*Roy George Best3,1,2 b. 7 Mar 1910, d. 31 Dec 1996
Mother*Jessie Irene Walkey3,1,2 b. 28 Mar 1914, d. 24 Dec 1993
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Graeme Moffat
Last Edited29 Jul 2021
     She was born on 19 December 1945 at Ontario, Canada, according to her father's information on her death registration.1 Alternatively, she may have been born on 18 December 1945 at Ontario, Canada, according to information from her surviving family.3,4
     Donna May Best died on 22 March 1946 at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (York), York County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Death Registration 006932.4,1,2 The informant on her death registration was her father, Roy George Best.1
     Donna May Best was buried on 25 March 1946 at Welcome Church Cemetery, Port Hope municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.4,1,2

Citations

  1. [S1347] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 (Publisher: Archives of Ontario), Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946; "This database is an index (with images) to over 2 million deaths that were registered in Ontario from 1869 to 1938, and 1943 to 1946. The database also includes deaths of Ontario military personnel overseas from 1939-1947"; cited as "ON Deaths, 1869-1946., Name: Donna May Best; Death: 22 Mar 1946, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
  2. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Donna May Best
    Grave marker transcription:
    Donna May daughter of Jessie & Ray (sic) Best     Mar 22, 1946 Aged 3 months.
  3. [S5] Moffat Family by Heather Mattinson née Best with annotations by Janet Hume née Moffat, Letter and Family Tree report, 1996, Rick Moffat Personal Papers - Black File Box, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, Died at 3 months per Heather Best; Page 3.
  4. [S135] Gerry Mattinson, "Gerry Mattinson, July 1998," e-mail message from (email address withheld for privacy) (Ontario) to Rick Moffat, July 9, 1998, July 9, 1996 - Moffat Research
    We list Donna May BEST, b. 18-Dec-1945, d. 22-Mar-1946, bur Welcome United Church Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as "Gerry Mattinson, July 1998."